View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?
(a) Hibiscus.
(b) Grass.
(c) Geraniums.
(d) Mushrooms.

2. What does the butterfly net in particular always invite?
(a) Intriguing discussions.
(b) Exciting questions.
(c) Awkward comments.
(d) Curious visitors.

3. With what is young Vladimir obsessed?
(a) Hunting wild animals on his family's estate.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Playing the piano with his father.
(d) The science of butterflies and the thrill of the hunt.

4. How does the family spend their time in this town?
(a) Shopping.
(b) On a boat.
(c) Mountain climbing.
(d) On the beach.

5. Mademoiselle threatens several times to leave. Why does she end up staying?
(a) Nabokov's mother gives her a raise.
(b) Nabokov's mother threatens her.
(c) Nabokov's mother gives her gifts.
(d) Nabokov's mother talks her into staying

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mademoiselle provide Vladimir with an extra hour or two out of the darkness?

2. What is the first memory Nabokov drags from the darkness?

3. Why does Nabokov's father force the family to leave a sidewalk cafe?

4. Who is referred to simply as "Mademoiselle?"

5. Why is he detained briefly in 1918, by a Bolshevik soldier?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 315 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample